Updated: 8:31 AM The program allows the EMT to complete all paperwork in one place and then send it directly to the hospital and billing companies.

Updated: 12:33 AM A note sent in a bottle more than 25 years ago is found in a different state.

Updated: 7:14 PM It is a story that is more than two decades in the making. This weekend, a man personally returned a message in a bottle he found in the Ohio River... that came from Pike County more than 25 years ago.

Posted: 4:04 PM House Bill 210, introduced by State Representative Leslie Combs and passed out of the Kentucky House of Representatives Thursday, has the potential to change the future of Eastern Kentucky.

Updated: 4:49 PM There is a bill moving through the General Assembly that could disregard any future changes to gun laws in the United States. Supporters say the bill protects the basic rights of gun owners, others say the bill itself is unconstitutional.

Updated: 8:41 AM As some lawmakers in Frankfort and Washington push for the legalization of industrial hemp, an Eastern Kentucky businessman says the plant could play a big role in shaping Kentucky's energy future.

Updated: 4:35 PM Two Social Security Administration employees have accused an eastern Kentucky attorney who specializes in disability claims and a former administrative judge of scheming to defraud the federal government out of millions of dollars.

Updated: 5:42 PM A bomb threat put Pike County schools on high alert Tuesday morning.

Updated: 8:40 AM A former University of Pikeville student is now seeking millions of dollars in a lawsuit against the school.

Updated: 8:09 AM Traffic delays await motorists who travel Hargis Road (KY 1409) in Johnson County beginning Monday, February 18, shortly after 8 o’clock in the morning.

Updated: 5:42 PM Police are still searching for a Pike County inmate who escaped yesterday.

Updated: 8:52 AM Officials in Pike County say an inmate on work release went missing and has still not been found.

Updated: 4:31 PM School officials in one Eastern Kentucky county are excited about the progress of two big projects in the district. Pike County Schools will be opening two brand new school buildings for the upcoming school year, something officials say is a big move for the district.

Updated: 4:57 PM Several hundred protesters have trooped up the Capitol steps to protest the form of coal mining known as mountaintop removal.

Updated: 5:53 PM Friends remember a Pikeville boxer who once trained alongside Muhammad Ali who died a traffic crash in Floyd County.

Posted: 4:40 PM People can now safely dispose of their old pills in Pike County.

Posted: 4:16 PM When it comes to car crashes Pike County ranks third in the state for the most accidents. On Tuesday, officials spoke to one high school in the county about driving responsibly.

Updated: 5:48 PM Officials hope to have the top two floors of the old courthouse above the jail moved into the new courthouse by June, freeing up space that could be used to expand the rehab program by 120 beds

Posted: 5:11 PM Police are on the scene of a crash involving a coal truck and pickup along Kentucky 460 near the Marrowbone community.

Updated: 8:25 AM Fire officials in Pike County are determined to equip as many homes as possible with smoke detectors. Randy Courtney with the Pike County Firefighters Associations says, " The original 250 from the Fire Marshal's office have already been distributed out."

Posted: 6:56 PM A new festival that ties in with an old feud is being planned in Pikeville for later this year. It comes after a popular TV mini series brought folks to Eastern Kentucky from around the world.

Posted: 5:01 PM Bond is now set for a man charged with murder after a passenger in his vehicle died in a wreck.

Updated: 9:14 PM Folks turned out for day two of the East Kentucky Sport, Boat, and RV Show in Pikeville.

Posted: 3:53 PM An effort to equip homes in Pike County with smoke detectors is gaining traction and receiving corporate support

Posted: 11:06 PM Local leadership has joined forces to plan a highly anticipated three-day Hatfield-McCoy Days event scheduled for Labor Day weekend, Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, 2013.